Cape Verde have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) over the Fifa ruling which resulted in them being kicked out of the World Cup qualifying competition. The Lausanne-based tribunal said on Tuesday it had registered the protest, although it could not yet give a date for the hearing and decision. Cape Verde, who beat Tunisia 2-0 away to finish top of African Group B, forfeited the match after Fifa ruled that defender...

Cape Verde is a source country for children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking within the country and, at times, a source for persons trafficked to Brazil, Portugal, and other countries in Europe for forced transport of drugs. Migrants from China, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, and Senegal may receive low wages, work without contracts, and not have regularized their visa status, creating vulnerabilities to forced...